Majors net winKodiak’s Major All-Star Little League team will not go winless this year. In the first game of District I pool play, Kodiak defeated Nunaka Valley-City View, 8-7, on Monday night in Anchorage. Nathan James led Kodiak’s nine-hit attack with a triple, a single and four RBIs. Lars Hanson added a double and a single. Last season, Kodiak’s group of 11-and 12-year-olds went 0-4 in District I pool play. With mostly the s...

Dunbar makes pro debutKodiak’s Trevor Dunbar clocked his second mile under four minutes in his professional debut Tuesday in Ireland. Running in the Cork City Sports International Athletics Meet, Dunbar ran the mile in 3 minutes, 57.19 seconds. He finished third behind two other Americans Merber Kyle (3:56.72) and Masters Riley (3:56.75). Last July, Dunbar became the first Alaskan to run a sub-4 mile by clocking a 3:59.06 in a meet in ...

Troopers make July 4 meth and pot bustAlaska State Troopers reported Tuesday a significant drug bust after a traffic stop, bringing the total of seized drugs value to $300,000 in the last year. AST reported it stopped a 2003 Dodge Truck near mile 3 of the Chiniak Highway for a traffic offense. The troopers report claimed the driver of the vehicle, Loren Delacruz, 24, of Kodiak, was found to be on adult probation for the prior offense of attempted robb...

Troopers seeking information on hit-and-run of teen A hit-and-run left a 14-year-old girl injured on Thursday after a truck reportedly struck her on Neva Way. Alaska State Troopers are still searching for the vehicle. A troopers report said the girl was riding her bike when the truck hit her. The report said that the driver fled the scene, not stopping or assisting the biker after the hit. The truck was described as a maroon Ford with KVOK Crab Festival stickers on...

New Kodiak High School principal discusses future The Kodiak Island Borough School District’s Board of Education approved Chris Aguirre as the new principal for Kodiak High School at a June 30 meeting. Aguirre has been here before, serving as the director of career and technical education for the school district in the 2005-2006 school year. When he left Kodiak, Aguirre went to New York City, where, he reports, his year in Kodiak influenced his career. “Career an...

New owners at Island HydraulicsWhile Wikipedia defines hydraulics as “a topic in applied science and engineering dealing with the mechanical properties of liquids,” Lucas Baxter sees hydraulics as a world unto itself best off practiced through experience. Baxter and his wife Aimra just took over Island Hydraulics, one of the city’s oldest hydraulics machine shops, in June. He said the shop sells Wexler winches, “probably the best winch on the m...

Archpriest Macarius TargonskyArchpriest Macarius Targonsky, 84, fell asleep in the Lord Wednesday, June 25, at Central Peninsula Hospital in Soldotna. A viewing will be held 6 p.m., June 30, at Holy Assumption of the Virgin Mary Russian Orthodox Church in Kenai. Funeral services will be held 7 p.m. Monday at the church. Additional viewing will be 9 a.m. Tuesday, July 1, at the church and Divine Liturgy will be 10 a.m. Tuesday. His Grace, Bish...

Public Safety Blotter: July 9June 22 • At 1:52 a.m., a caller dialed 911 to request a subject removal on West Marine Way. The person was gone when police arrived. • Around 2:02 p.m., police conducted five bar checks. • At 2:07 p.m., a man found a credit card and turned it in on West Marine Way. • At 3:27 a.m., police ticketed a driver on Marine Way for having studded tires, no insurance, and an expired registration that was not in the vehicle...

Kodiak Island Births: July 9Lexie Lynn Steele was born at 5:23 a.m. on June 8, 2014, to Jordon Squartsoff and Brandon Steele. She weighed 7 pounds, 5 ounces and was 20.5 inches long. Her parents are originally from Kodiak and live in Kodiak. Lexie’s father is a commercial fisherman, while her mother is a stay at home mom. Also welcoming her to the family is Izabelle Steele. Grandparents are Joan and Eldon Squartsoff from Kodiak and Robert an...

Alaska State Trooper report: July 9Troopers report July 2 • At 10:43 p.m., Alaska State Troopers responded to a two-vehicle crash near Mill Bay Beach. A 17-year-old driver with a passenger had pulled out of Mill Bay Beach and was struck by another driver. The driver and passenger of the struck vehicle had minor injuries and were taken to Providence Kodiak Island Medical Center for treatment. The driver of the struck vehicle was cited for failing to...